Approaching Women Mistakes

10 Things To Avoid When Approaching A Woman

The simple act of walking up to someone and asking them out is endlessly daunting. Fraught with potential missteps, what should be human interaction 101 often becomes an uncertain minefield where the wrong line and even little tics of body language can lead to disaster.

So much so, in fact, that a single man called Tom's video of approaching numerous women "offline" – aka in the street – to ask them out has made the internet rounds this week and the moral of the story seems to be: trying to ask women out offline sucks. Don't do it.

Undoubtedly, there's plenty to get wrong. So, AM's female staffers are going to let you in on a few key pieces of information that will help (they've promised, and everything) from choosing your location (we'd say a bar would've given Tom a better success rate) to letting up on the pick-up lines.